Reading United AC News Release -- www.readingunitedac.com
Friday, June 3, 2011
READING, Pa. – After being tested early and often by an ambitious Central Jersey Spartans squad, Reading United finally broke through with a flurry of second half goals in a 5-1 victory on Friday night. Lasse Sohrweide led the way for the United, having a hand in three of Reading’s four second half goals, tallying a goal and two assists in a 15-minute period before the final whistle.
Reading started the scoring in the 27th minute, as a Matt Baker blast from 20 yards out found the net. Central Jersey would tally the equalizer a minute before the halftime whistle as Spartan forward Ryan Finley was able to dance around Matt Hedges and placed a well struck ball that pinged off the inside of the near post and over the goal line.
Reading took the lead for good after Stephen Okai tallied his second goal of the season in the 55th minute. After Christian Barreiro chest-trapped a cross in the box he dropped it to his left foot and crossed to a waiting Okai on the opposite side of the box.
After Central Jersey’s Brayan Martinez was dismissed from the game for violent conduct a minute later, United forward Will Bates put the nail in the coffin with his sixth goal in his last five games in the 74th minute thanks to a Sohrweide cross. Sohrweide then struck in the 83rd minute, displaying his deft touch with the left foot in placing his shot inside the near post from a tough angle following a Josh Rice through-ball. Matt Sanner finished off the scoring in the 89th minute on Sohrweide’s second assist, punching in a line-drive cross for his fourth goal in 100 minutes of play with United.
With the victory, Reading remains undefeated in PDL play with a perfect 6-0-0 record while Central Jersey drops to 0-4-0. United will now play the New Jersey Rangers on the road on Sunday. United has already defeated the Rangers once this season, a 4-0 victory in their home opener on May 15th. The last time Reading travelled to Morris Catholic High, they came away with a division clinching 7-1 victory.